Coleophora microxantha is a moth of the family Coleophoridae that is endemic to Algeria.[1]
| Coleophora microxantha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. microxantha
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| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora microxantha Walsingham, 1907
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The larvae feed on Herniaria fruticosa. They feed on the leaves of their host plant.[2]
References
edit- ^ Giorgio Baldizzone; Hugo van der Wolf; Jean-François Landry (2006). World Catalogue of Insects. Vol. 8. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. p. 82. ISBN 87-88757-76-5. ISSN 1398-8700.
- ^ Falkovitsh, M. I. (2006). "Host-plant relationships of the casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III". Entomological Review. 86 (3): 264–286. Bibcode:2006EntRv..86..264F. doi:10.1134/S0013873806030031.
External links
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